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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS` I. RGBINSON.

MITTEN.

WITNESSEQ `UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

ITHAMER A. ROBINSON, OFV DE KALB, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN, OF SAME PLACE.

MITTEN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 251,682, dated December 27, 1881. Application filed May 7,1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I'rHAMEa A. ROBINSON, of De Kalb, in the county ofDe Kalb and State ot' Illinois, have invented'a new and valuable Improvement in Mittens; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and eX- act description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this speciro` iication, and to theletters and gures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l ot' the drawings is a representation of perspectiveview of my mitten. Fig.2 is a sectional View; and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are r 5 detail views of the same.

This invention has relation to mittens; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of a knit tubular mitten-body, a continuous knit lifing therefor, anda leather zo or skin facing notched and stitched to the mitten-body, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates theouter or main wall of the mitten, which is knit in tubular form; and B in-4 dicates the lining portion, which is continuous with the portion A, being knit thereto, usually of thinner and more loosely twisted yarn or thread. This lining portion B is turned up 3o Within` the mitten wall A, to which it is se` cured. It may extend to the end of the finger portionV or only part `way thereto. There being no seam at the Wrist portion, the full elasticity of the knit fabric is preserved, and a remarkably neat and soft iinish provided at the opening for the entrance of the hand.

D indicates the thumb, which is usually formed by running two oblique seams lengthwise of a piece of tubular knit fabric in the 4o manner indicated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and then cutting the two thumbs thus formed apart.

E represents the thumb-facing, which is secured to the hand-facin g F in the usual manner. These facings may be of buckskin, calfskin, or any suitable material. The facing F for the hand is designed to have sucient margin to form a lap, a, on the back of' the mitten, and this lap is at the rounded or hnger end out with angular notches b and intervening 5o truncated obtuse-angled projections c, which are designed to he brought together in the lap-` ping, so that their notch -edges d Will meet neatly. These edges d are not designed to lap over each other, but to lie iiush, so as to pro 55 vide an equal thickness and render the mitten as exible as possible in this part. These projections c are to be brought together and stitched before the facing is put on the mitten, whereby a pocket or bearing-seat is formed, 6o into which the latter isinserted and then fastened. The facing F is secured to the mittenwall by stitching it to the front thereof across the wrist, as at c, andto the back thereofaround the finger-portion, but at alittle distance from 65 the margin, as indicated at g, the object being to avoid at the sides or ends of the finger-portion any roughness or inequality arising trom seams or stitches.

Having described this invention, what I 7o claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved mitten, composed of a tubular knit mitten-body provided with a continuous knit lining, and a facing ofleather or skin notched at the finger points and stitched through and through to themitten-hody, substantially as shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence 8o of two witnesses.

ITHAMER A. ROBINSON.

Witnesses JOHN M. RoBiNsoN, FRED. O. HINMAN. 

